A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Ramsays
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Ramsay at three addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 44 other streets too, all listed on the Ramsay name's own page.
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Where the Ramsays lived
- 1
344 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- William Ramsay, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Goodwill Activities Assn at 346. The block, door by door
- 2
769 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Roy Ramsay, a porter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: N Pishak at 765 and Donuts Eatmor at 771. The block, door by door
- 3
1036 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- F Ramsay, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: B Gartos at 1032. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a longshoreman and a porter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (3). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Ramsay at 344 East Hastings Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Roy Ramsay at 769 East Hastings Street, a porter at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists F Ramsay at 1036 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists F Ramsay there as the householder, a longshoreman.
Today
344 East Hastings and 769 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1036 East Hastings, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ramsay Wm retired344 East Hastings, p. 510
- Ramsay Roy porter CPR769 East Hastings, p. 510
- Ramsay F1036 East Hastings, p. 75
- Ramsay F lngshmn1036 East Hastings, p. 510
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Ramsays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ramsay name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under R. Want a name removed? Tell us.